Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1887-11-21

two boats which had been successfully
lowered. The scare and disorder prevent
ed many persons being saved. The water
was freezing cold, This fastened the
death of many, rendering them power
les'."
Charles Mills, of Red Hill Surrey, says:
1.-The life boats appeared as if they had not
been used for long time. They had to
be chopped away with axes, with the as
sistance of passengers. called out to
those on. the bridge to fire rockets; it was
a long time before they did. The
GREATEST CONFUSION PREVAILED.
The ship was right over on her port side
before they fired the rockets. | waited
until the water touched the boilers, put
ting out the fires. Then / got hold of a
belt, but Dutch sailor snatched it away.
We were all mixed together, foreigners
and English, clinging to one another in the
water. ! saw several drowned in this
way, and had the greatest difficulty to
keep clear Of them. gave spar
to woman to hold on to.
The Dutch sailors wanted to save
themselves and even thrust women aside.
can swim well, and l swan about till l
got to the Ebro, where rope was thrown
to me. After the collision l went down
into the cabin and woke two Dutch
ladies, but they were paralyzed with terror
and wouldn't get up despite all entreaties.
l heard other stories about the Dutch
sailors. The confusion was extreme.
Every body seemed terror stricken. This
hn nj nf
cipline. The frantic passengers unnerved
some of the crew, preventing them from
acting as bravely as they might have done.
The captain
DID HIS BEST
to restore order. believe a good lookout
was kept. We had our lights up"
Mr.. Appleby, one of the passengers
saved, says: ~ was in my berth, as also
we're many Others, when the crash came.
| Immediately rushed on deck, followed
by a confused crowd. Upon first reaching
the deck did not think anything much
was the matter till saw that the port
bow was stove in close TO the rigging and
laid open for great space. The passen-
gers soon crowded the deck, and the cap
tain and officers shouted that all the boats
be lowered The vessel was then settling
down by the head and the excitement was
worst. mad hardly time to look around
me before the vessel listed over on her
port side, throwing the passengers and
crew together on that side Of the vessel.
Most of the boats were then worthless.
Two boats on the port side were swung
ont and lowered, but the other six were
useless.
while the sailors were endeavoring to
lower the boats the
PASSENGERS HINDERED THEM
By rushing frantically against them. The
crew tried to keep the passengers back,
thus losing valuable time When the boats
were finally lowered, there was rush to
get into them. | tried, TOO, but did not
stand q chance. Then l decided to trust
TO life belt The scene of the deck was
appalling. The passengers and crew were
crowded together, and the shrieks OF the
women, the cries of children and shouts of
the men were frightful. Some OF the pas
sengers were on their knees pr ying when
the Scholten sank. There was a struggle
in the icy water. Most of us had life
belts Sarah Gold. Stepney Robinson and
| kept together. We clung to each other
and drifted toward the EbIo, finally reach
ing the vessel"
Among the bodies landed at Dover are
the following: A woman with letter ad-
dressed HurTont Brussels; a man with
letter addressed John Koschnel, Sandusky;
Henri Blaze, OF Blanc, Ohio, the sole cabin
passenger; - Friedman, merchant of
Kowal The other bodies are mostly those
Of temales
The engineer, after being in the water
th4ee hours, was rescued and landed at
New Haven.
An officer of the Scholten states that the
Rosa Mary was carrying no side lights,
but was using the usual mast head lights
10 indicate that she was lying at anchor.
The officers of the Rosa Mary aver that
they were lying at anchor and were run
into. 1t is reported that the Captain OF
the Rosa Mary denies the statement that
his vessel was in collision with the Schol-
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